If we live in a world where sports, art and drama are unnecessary parts of education and growing up, then it is a sad, sad world indeed.
No, my school didn't have much of a drama department. We had a computer lab. We had mobiles. We had a marching band. We had a decent sports program.
But you know what? That made life fun. It give different people different outlets. It meant that creativity and the idea that we're more than just cogs in the corporate machine.
As for school funding? Depends on where you go to school. A lot of funding for public schools gets based on local property taxes and if you live in a poor area - surprise! You don't get much funding. Bush didn't help with NCLB, which tied Federal aid and funding to how well people perform on standardized tests. It's pretty damn complicated, though. But it's surely not because schools "waste money" on art and drama and music.
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No, my school didn't have much of a drama department. We had a computer lab. We had mobiles. We had a marching band. We had a decent sports program.
But you know what? That made life fun. It give different people different outlets. It meant that creativity and the idea that we're more than just cogs in the corporate machine.
As for school funding? Depends on where you go to school. A lot of funding for public schools gets based on local property taxes and if you live in a poor area - surprise! You don't get much funding. Bush didn't help with NCLB, which tied Federal aid and funding to how well people perform on standardized tests. It's pretty damn complicated, though. But it's surely not because schools "waste money" on art and drama and music.